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8GB iPhone End-of-Life'd in UK?

Friday April 25, 2008 7:29 am PDT by Arnold Kim
RegHardware and Engadget are reporting that the 8GB iPhone has gone "End-of-Life" (EOL) in the UK:

Both suppliers' websites are current flagging the handset as "out of stock" (CW) and - more ominously - "no longer available" (O2).

Engadget quotes a memo stating that the 8GB iPhone (and 8GB iPod Touch) has "gone to end of life." MacRumors was also forwarded an email that Carphone Warehouse sent out to their sales affiliates indicating that stock would not be replenished:

Thanks to the most phenomenal response to the promotion, The Carphone Warehouse is now out of stock on the Apple iPhone.

Please can you remove all reference to the iphone promotion in your copy.

We apologise for the short notice but would like to thank everyone who participated in the campaign. Carphone do not expect to receive any additional stock at this time.

Sales of the 8GB iPhone reportedly shot up in the UK after a 100 discount was offered two weeks ago. Apple is widely expected to release a new 3G iPhone in the coming weeks to months.
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mainstreetmark
50 months ago
My god! I still have a 4 Gig one. Am I a dinosaur or what!!
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indiekiduk
50 months ago
Selling out is great, its just a shame for Apple all of them will be unlocked.
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starflyer
50 months ago

My god! I still have a 4 Gig one. Am I a dinosaur or what!!


Ha! me too! Im selling mine the instant the 3G is for sale.

My prediction:
16GB - $399
32GB - $499
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alana22
50 months ago
I have an 8gb iPhone and it is simply not enough room. What I'd really like is 64gb
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blur35mm
50 months ago
When 3G comes out stateside I am dropping my Treo 755p. Sprint plan pricing is very competitive but no match for the appeal of the iPhone.

Hope hard drive is beefier too for more music and all those cool apps people are writing! AIM and Spore look awesome!
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phatspider
50 months ago
got an interesting mail from a friend this morning who works in a uk phone shop - shall paraphrase it :

'we have a very techy customer who develops software and tests it for apple - he's part of their beta team and he was in the other day - he comes in a lot - he told us he already has a 3G iphone - he promised to bring it in to let us see it. he currently has a standard iphone unlocked and because of the beta testing it doesnt lock when doing itunes updates'


Could obviously be nonsense, but you never know!
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rubberduck007
50 months ago
Wow.. that is pretty amazing - as sales were doggish prior to price drop...hmmm... so I have to wait 2 months for my 3G model... me thinks they should chop £100 off the 16GB to clear that too...
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bruk201ib
50 months ago
if only they would discount also the ones at the apple store, they would be definetely getting rid of all the 8gb iphone in a week or so.
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Spanky Deluxe
50 months ago
Crap, my girlfriend was going to buy one today!!
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elcid
50 months ago
Maybe they are dropping the 8gig, keeping the 16 on edge and then adding a 16 and 32 3g. That would account for the lack of deals on the 16 when there is a huge change on the horizon.
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